Howdy Perl Monks, I'm trying to use the Perl Module Net::MirrorDir to compare local and remote directories. But in some cases I have file names with spaces between them and i can't get it compare the dir's. Is it possible to do compare directories when there are file names with spaces between them? Here is what i've got now: 

sub compare_dirs {
    
    my ($host, $login, $password, $dir, $rmt_dir) = @_;
    
    my $md = Net::MirrorDir->new(
        ftpserver       => $host,
        user            => $login,
        pass            => $password,
        localdir        => $dir,
        remotedir       => $rmt_dir,
        debug           => 0, # 1 for yes, 0 for no
        timeout         => 60 # default 30
    );
    
    $md->Connect();
    my ($ref_h_local_files, $ref_h_local_dirs) = $md->ReadLocalDir();
    my ($ref_h_remote_files, $ref_h_remote_dirs) = $md->ReadRemoteDir(
+);
    
    my $ref_a_local_files_not_in_remote = $md->LocalNotInRemote(
       $ref_h_local_files, 
       $ref_h_remote_files
       );
       
    my $ref_a_remote_files_not_in_local = $md->RemoteNotInLocal(
       $ref_h_local_files, 
       $ref_h_remote_files
       );
    
    #transfer remote files which are not on local system
    foreach my $new_remote_file_not_in_local (@{$ref_a_remote_files_no
+t_in_local}) {
    #transfer the files from remote site to local
    print "$new_remote_file_not_in_local... \n";
    }
    #transfer local files not on remote system
    foreach my $new_local_file_not_in_remote (@{$ref_a_local_files_not
+_in_remote}) {
    #transfer files from local site to remote site
    print "$new_local_file_not_in_remote... \n";
    }
}

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any help is appreciated. Cheers

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